Winter, 16th Street

c. 1940

Max Yavno

Associated Names
Max Yavno

Artist, American, 1911 - 1985

This is a black and white photograph of a snowy street scene with a horse and buggy. The scene features a snowy urban street with a horse-drawn wagon parked beside a vintage car. The sidewalk and steps leading to brick apartment buildings are lightly covered in snow. The buildings have a classic structure with fire escapes, and signs in the windows indicate rooms for rent. Snowflakes are falling in the image, adding to the wintry atmosphere. The scene is evocative of a time when horse-drawn carriages and motor vehicles coexisted on city streets.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Marjorie and Leonard Vernon

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 25.8 x 34.1 cm (10 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
    support: 40.6 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.94.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, Los Angeles, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • The Photography of Max Yavno. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981: illus.pl.5.

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower right in graphite: Yavno; all by later handin graphite: lower left: #1859-C; lower center: (Yavno) Winter, 16th St? / Snowy City Street, Horse Cart; lower right: YA-005 / B-105A

Wikidata ID

Q64157851

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